Events in the South Carolina Midlands
Jam Room Christmas Party at Art Bar - TBA (Photos by Sean Rayford)
Sean’s Picks:
Dec 5 / Columbia - Carolina Carillon Holiday Parade
Dec 12 / Columbia - Santa Run 5K and Rudolph Youth Run
Dec 15 / Columbia - USC Men's Basketball vs. Clemson
Dec 31 / Columbia - USC Women's Basketball vs. Alabama
Dec 1-31 / Columbia - Historic Holiday Tours (closed Dec 24-26)
Dec 1-31 / Columbia - Wildlights at Riverbanks Zoo (select nights)
Dec 1-31 / Columbia - Fireflies Holiday Lights
Dec 1-31 / Irmo - Holiday Lights on the River at Saluda Shoals
Dec 1 / Columbia - A Motown Christmas at Township Auditorium
Dec 1 / Columbia - Bang Back Nightmare Before Christmas
Dec 3 / Columbia - First Thursday on Main
Dec 3-6 / Columbia - Junior League Holiday Market at SC State Fairgrounds
Dec 3-5 / Columbia - Midlands Clay Arts Society Holiday Sale at Stormwater Studios
Dec 3-6 / Lexington - Snowball Christmas Craft Fair at Icehouse Amphitheater
Dec 4 / Columbia - John Mulaney at Township Auditorium
Dec 4 / Columbia - Leanne Morgan at Colonial Life Arena
Dec 5 / Columbia - Pentatonix at Colonial Life Arena
Dec 5 / Columbia - Steve Martin & Martin Short at Township Auditorium
Dec 5 / Columbia - Patrick Davis & His Midnight Choir: Toys 4 Tots at The Senate
Dec 5 / Columbia - Uptown Columbia Holiday Hop
Dec 5 / Columbia - Columbia SantaCon Bar Crawl
Dec 5 / Columbia - Holiday Bash at Art Bar
Dec 5-6 / Columbia - Sights and Sounds of the Nativity
Dec 5 / West Columbia - Meeting Street Artisan Market Holiday Edition
Dec 5 / Columbia - Carolina Carillon Holiday Parade
Dec 5 / Elgin - Catfish Stomp Christmas Parade
Dec 5 / Irmo - Irmo Christmas Parade
Dec 6 / Columbia - Chestnut Hill Plantation Holiday Market
Dec 6 / Columbia - USC Men's Basketball vs. UT Martin
Dec 6 / Columbia - USC Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma State
Dec 6 / Columbia - A 1940s Christmas Homecoming
Dec 6 / Columbia - Tyler Gordon at Uncle Fester's
Dec 6 / Prosperity - Prosperity Christmas Parade (official link not yet verified)
Dec 6 / Batesburg-Leesville - Batesburg-Leesville Christmas Parade
Dec 8 / Columbia - 2026-27 Monthly After Dinner Cabaret at Broad River Arts Center
Dec 10 / Columbia - Benedict Women's Basketball vs. Miles College
Dec 10 / Columbia - Benedict Men's Basketball vs. Miles College
Dec 11 / Columbia - Jodeci at Township Auditorium
Dec 11 / Columbia - C.Shreve the Professor and Tam the Viibe at The Koger Center
Dec 11 / Columbia - Denny Love at The Senate
Dec 12 / Columbia - Wildfest at Riverbanks Zoo
Dec 12 / Columbia - Santa Run 5K and Rudolph Youth Run
Dec 12 / Columbia - Art Class: Winter Watercolors at Columbia Museum of Art
Dec 12 / Columbia - 2000s Rave at The Senate
Dec 12 / Columbia - USC Men's Basketball vs. Youngstown State
Dec 12 / Columbia - USC Women's Basketball vs. Wofford
Dec 12 / Columbia - Benedict Women's Basketball vs. Tuskegee University
Dec 12 / Columbia - Benedict Men's Basketball vs. Tuskegee University
Dec 12 / West Columbia - Meeting Street Artisan Market Holiday Edition
Dec 12-13 / Columbia - South Carolina Ballet's Nutcracker at The Koger Center
Dec 12 / South Congaree - Christmas Parade
Dec 12 / Gaston - Gaston Christmas Parade
Dec 12 / Camden - Kershaw County Christmas Parade
Dec 12 / Lugoff - Lights of Lugoff Christmas Parade
Dec 12 / Cayce / West Columbia - Holiday Parade of Lights
Dec 13 / Columbia - Hollywood-Rose Hill Walking Tour with Historic Columbia
Dec 13 / Blythewood - Christmas Parade
Dec 15 / Columbia - USC Men's Basketball vs. Clemson
Dec 16 / Columbia - USC Women's Basketball vs. Albany
Dec 17 / Columbia - SC Philharmonic: Home for the Holidays at The Koger Center
Dec 18 / Columbia - Christmas with Dante Lewis
Dec 19 / Columbia - Bingo Loco: Christmas Special at The Senate
Dec 19 / West Columbia - Meeting Street Artisan Market Holiday Edition
Dec 19-20 / Columbia - South Carolina Ballet's Nutcracker at The Koger Center
Dec 20 / Boykin - Boykin Christmas Parade
Dec 22 / Columbia - USC Men's Basketball vs. North Carolina Central
Dec 22 / Columbia - Live in the Lobby Jazz: Eve of the Eve at Koger Center
Dec 27 / Columbia - Columbia Anime-Fest 2026
Dec 28 / Columbia - USC Women's Basketball vs. Gardner-Webb
Dec 29 / Columbia - USC Men's Basketball vs. South Carolina State
Dec 31 / Columbia - USC Women's Basketball vs. Alabama